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Ship Built In service for Cunard Type GRT/GT Notes Image Queen Elizabeth 2: 1969: 1969–2008: Ocean Liner: 70,327: Sold 2008, Last ocean liner built for Cunard until the QM2, longest serving Cunarder in history; operating as a floating hotel in Dubai since April 2018 [6] Atlantic Causeway: 1969: 1970–1986: Container ship: 14,950: Scrapped in ...
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In March 1960, Cunard bought a 60% shareholding in British Eagle, an independent (non-government owned) airline, for £30 million, and changed its name to Cunard Eagle Airways. The support from this new shareholder enabled Cunard Eagle to become the first British independent airline to operate pure jet airliners , as a result of a £6 million ...
RMS Carmania (1954) – in service with Cunard Line 1962–73 List of ships with the same or similar names This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names.
The first ship, RMS Saxonia was delivered in 1954, with RMS Ivernia following in 1955, RMS Carinthia in 1956, and finally Sylvania in 1957. [6] As was the tradition for Cunard Line vessels, all ships were named after Latin names of provinces of the Roman and Holy Roman Empires.
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RMS Aurania can refer to any of three ships originally owned and operated by the Cunard Line: . RMS Aurania (1882), built in 1882, scrapped in 1905 RMS Aurania (1916), built in 1916, converted for use as a troopship and torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1918
She remained on Cunard's London-Canada service until 1928, when she joined Andania on the Cunard/Anchor/Donaldson joint service. Antonia, too, was requisitioned during World War II, and served as a troop transport and later as an armed merchant cruiser. She was purchased by the Admiralty as a repair ship in 1942, and renamed Wayland. She was ...